List of Americans Quotes in English with Images

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had no sometimes got in its way.

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them.

- Henry James Quotes Download or Share

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans.  It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity.  But then, we elected them. 

- Lily Tomlin Quotes Download or Share

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.

- Americans Quotes by A. E. Housman Download or Share

The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so… That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate.  Being here in America doesn't make you an American.  Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers.  This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

George Washington had a vision for this country. Was it three days of uninterrupted shopping?

The American, by nature, is optimistic.  He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.

How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be "American" before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.

Americans never quit.

Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

- H. L. Mencken Quote Download or Share

Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.

- George F. Will Download or Share

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President.  One hopes it is the same half.

- Gore Vidal Download or Share